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ɪsˈdɪk noun
1.
the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
2.
power; authority; control: He has jurisdiction over all American soldiers in the area.
3.
the extent or range of judicial, law enforcement, or other authority: This case comes under the jurisdiction of the local police.
4.
the territory over which authority is exercised: All islands to the northwest are his jurisdiction.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Latin jūris dictiōn- stem of jūris dictiō (see jus, diction); replacing Middle English jurediccioun < Old French juredicion < Latin, as above
1250–1300; Middle English < Latin jūris dictiōn- stem of jūris dictiō (see jus, diction); replacing Middle English jurediccioun < Old French juredicion < Latin, as above
Related forms
ju·ris·dic·tion·al, adjective
ju·ris·dic·tive, adjective
ju·ris·dic·tion·al·ly, adverb
pre·ju·ris·dic·tion, noun
su·per·ju·ris·dic·tion, noun
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jurisdiction (ˌdʒʊərɪsˈdɪkʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the right or power to administer justice and to apply laws |
| 2. | the exercise or extent of such right or power |
| 3. | power or authority in general |
| [C13: from Latin jūrisdictiō administration of justice; see | |
| juris'dictional | |
| —adj | |
| juris'dictionally | |
| —adv | |
| juris'dictive | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
jurisdiction
c.1300 "administration of justice" (attested from 1267 in Anglo-L.), from L. jurisdictionem (nom. jurisdictio) "administration of justice, jurisdiction," from jus (gen. juris; see jurist) "right, law" + dictionem (nom. dictio) "a saying." Meaning "extent or range of administrative
power" is from c.1380.
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Example sentences
The fossils are presently under the jurisdiction of a federal bankruptcy court.
Without this procedure the jurisdiction cannot generate its own certificates, the private key of which it owns.
The ethics commission, however, dismissed the complaint for lack of jurisdiction.
And as a parliamentary committee pointed out last year, it has no jurisdiction whatever over academic standards.
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